Common practices and dissimilarities in greening residential routine mobility in selected countries of Europe, based on a comparative analysis

Abstract

This article aims at widening the knowledge about green mobility choices related consumer behaviour and attitudes of retail customers. The calculations rely on the dataset of a survey conducted in Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, and Spain between 2016 and 2019 by the ENABLE.EU team. The analysis revealed the potential enablers and disablers of environmentally friendly mobility by utilising linear regression, binary logistic regression, probit analysis, and multilayer perceptron networks on 39 predictors. Policymakers can improve the position of preferred travel modes by (i) disadvantaging traditional four-wheel vehicles, (ii) bolstering the spread of electric four-wheel vehicles, (iii) educating individuals regarding CO2 emissions and their impacts, (iv) launching easy- to-popularise government actions affecting the transport system, (v) developing the infrastructure and accentuating the progress made, and targeting both (vi) economically active and (vii) rural citizens. Depending on the countries, supplementary areas are proposed for acting on. The scrutiny sheds light on country specificities (e.g. systemic dissimilarities, the advanced position of Norway on the electromobility pathway) and presumed paradoxes that must be addressed.